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1765
Improve the steam engine
James Watt improved the steam engine because he had an interest in steam engines.He also had amazing skills in mathematics and engineering.He couldn't turn down an incredible oppertunity to improve a steam engine.
At around age 19 he was working on steam engines.
James Watt
James Watt
James Tribe has written: 'Compound Corliss engines' -- subject(s): Corliss steam-engine, Steam-engines
The first steam engines used for pumping water out of mines.
The first steam engines used for pumping water out of mines.
1765
1765
it could go faster than horses
He was asked to take a "look at" a Newcomen engine to repair it if he could. This is what sparked his interest in improving steam engines.
carriages came first steam engines weren't invented until the mid 1800's
He didnt do anything
it made it easier to travel against the current
James Watt (1736-1819) is credited with the 1765 improvement of the steam engines of Thomas Newcomen (1664-1729), which dated from 1712. The efficiency of the Watt engine led to its wide industrial use after Watt partnered with Matthew Boulton in 1775.